Apparatus for providing a command signal for a servoactuator



Nov. 12, 1968 R0555 ET AL 3,410,177

APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMMAND SIGNAL, FOR A SERVOACTUATOR Filed June20, 1966 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 79S IOOOR 8 /78 IOOR IOR POSITION 76 R 5 f PCOMMAND FEED COMMAND INVENTORS Q LOUIS G. Roess Patrick ,M. Dark BYATTORNEYS Nov. 12, 1968 R9555 ET AL 3,410,177

APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMMAND SIGNAL FOR A SERVOACTUATOR Filed June20, 1966 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 mo m 400.?

g Pl! INVENTORS Lou| s G. Roess PGTFICK M. Dork ATTORNEYS United StatesPatent 3 410,177 APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A COMMAND SIGNAL FOR ASERVOACTUATOR Louis G. Roess and Patrick M. Dark, East Aurora, N.Y.,

assignors to Moog Inc., East Aurora, N.Y., a corporation of New YorkFiled June 20, 1966, Ser. No. 558,649 7 Claims. (Cl. 91-361) ABSTRACT OFTHE DISCLOSURE Apparatus for deriving a command signal for aservoactuator to move a member, which includes manually settablemultiple position switches associated with predetermined incrementalvoltage sources to develop discrete voltages which are summed to providea command signal fed to a summing point in a circuit associated with theservoactuator, and transducer means responsive to the output of themember 'being arranged to transmit a feedback signal to the summingpoint.

This invention pertains to improvements in apparatus for providing acommand signal for a servoactuator.

While the invention will be illustrated and described in connection.with a single-spindle chucking machine, it is not intended to limit theapplication of the invention only to such a machine. Rather theinvention is intended for all applications to which it is suited and islimited in scope only as defined in the appended claims.

As applied to a single-spindle chucking machine, the invention providesoutstanding advantages and improvements over such a machine asconstructed and operated prior to the advent of the present invention. Aconventional chucking machine of the type being considered includes aspindle rotatable about a horizontal axis and having a chuck adapted tohold the workpiece, a pair of cross slides severally arranged onopposite sides of the spindle axis and movable generally transverselythereof, and a turret slide movable longitudinally of the spindle. Eachof these slides is adapted to hold a tool, the turret slide holding aplurality of tools, so that these tools may be moved toward theworkpiece and into contact therewith for performing a machiningoperation thereon in the desired sequence and to the desired extent.Inasmuch as dilferent workpieces require different machining operationsto be performed on them, not only as to the sequence of the operationsbut also the extent to which the slides carrying the tools are moved toproduce the dimensions desired on the workpiece, it was heretoforerequired to expend an extensive amount of time in setting up mechanicaltrains including cams, dogs, gears and limit switches to adapt themechanisms for controlling the movement of the tool slides.

The present invention as aplied to such a single spindle chuckingmachine has for its primary purpose and possesses as its outstandingadvantage the feature of greatly reducing the set up time for themachine.

Ancillary to this are the advantages of the illustrative application ofthe invention that the movement of the tool slides is smooth whichimproves tool life, and that optimum operation is achieved during actualmachining easily.

In accordance with the present invention a movable member, which may bea tool slide in the example illustrated, is moved by a servoactuatorwhich responds to electrical intelligence in the form of an electricalcommand signal derived by novel means. This signal may command avelocity, i.e. a feed, or a position for the member.

A general object of the invention is to provide means for deriving areadily and easily selectively variable, electrical command signal forthe servoactuator.

Another general object is to provide such command signal deriving meanswhich is reliable as to accuracy and repeatability under varyingenvironmental conditions and over long periods of time.

Another general object is to provide means for transferring from feed toposition intelligence which accomplishes the transfer without causingundesired variations in the quality of the intelligence.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing detailed description of preferred embodiments as appliedillustratively to a single-spindle chucking machine, taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view, somewhat schematic, of a single-spindlechucking machine to which the present invention has been applied forillustrative purposes, portions of the machine being broken away toreveal hidden structure.

FIG. 2 is a wiring diagram of the means for deriving a position commandsignal for a servoactuator for moving one of the tool slides shown inFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a wiring diagram of means for deriving a feed command signalfor such servoactuator.

FIG. 4 is a wiring diagram of means for successively receiving feed andposition command signals derived from the means shown in FIGS. 3 and 2,respectively.

Referring to FIG. 1, the numeral 10 represents generally asingle-spindle chucking machine shown as having a spindle 11, a frontcross slide 12, a rear cross slide 13, and a turret slide 14. Spindle 11is arranged for rotation about a horizontal axis and at one end carriesa chuck 15 of any suitable type and construction adapted to holdreleasably a workpiece (not shown). Cross slides 12 and 13 are arrangedfor rectilinear movement generally transversely of the spindle axis.Turret slide 14 is arranged for rectilinear movement axially of spindle12. Each of slides 1214 is adapted to hold a tool (not shown) forperforming the desired machining operation on the workpiece, such ascutting, drilling or tapping. In the case of turret slide 14, this isone of a plurality of similiar slides mounted on a turret head 16rotatable about a horizontal axis extending parallel to the spindle axisso that these slides may individually hold different tools. The rotativeoperation of turret head 16 is not relevant to the present invention andhence its control mechanism is not illustrated.

In accordance with the present invention each of tool slides 12-14 ismoved by a servoactuator of any suitable type which responds toelectrical intelligence. A preferred type of such servoactuator isschematically depicted in FIG. 4, represented generally by the numeral18 and is intended as typical for each of tool slides 12-14.Servoactuator 18 is shown as including a cylinder 19 in which a piston20 mounted on one end of a rod 21 is slidably arranged, and anelectrohydraulic servovalve 17 for controlling the flow of fluid withrespect to the cylinder chambers on opposite sides of piston 20.Servovalve 21 may be of any suitable specific construction so long as itproduces flow control proportional to the magnitude and sense of anelectrical error signal supplied through an input circuit represented byline 22.

Adverting again to FIG. 1, the numeral 23 represents generally a controlconsole standing separate from machine 10 and connected thereto throughan overhead wiring duct 24 which is shown as leading from the top of theconsole to the end of the machine 23 remote from turret head 16. Console23 is shown as having a transparent door 26 on its front side to provideaccess to a program panel 28 on which various manually settable controlsare arranged. These controls, only schematically suggested in FIG. 1,are shown as arranged in horizontal rows. Thus, the top five controlrows 29 are severally for the five positions of turret head 16, one ofwhich rows would control the movement of turret slide 14 for example.The next lower control row 30 is for controlling the movement of frontcross slide 12. The next lower control row 31 is for controlling themovement of rear cross slide 13. There may be addition control rows forfunctions, if desired, but since these form no part of the presentinvention none is illustrated.

Using row 31 as representative of all of rows 29-31, this row is shownas having, reading from left to right, a feed control 32, a feed startposition control 33, a feed final position control 34, a final pos'tionVernier control 35, a feed dwell control 36, a spindle speed control 37,and a function control 38. Each of controls 32-38 is manually settableand therefore selective. The present invention will be illustrated inconnection with feed contro132 and feed final position control 34.

As used herein, feed is a command for the servoactuator 18 to move amember, such as one of tool slides 12-14, at a velocity having aselective finite ratio to the velocity of another member, such asspindle 11. In the illustration being presented, manually settable feedcontrol 32 is a part of means for selectively determining the feedcommand signal and comprises a plurality of decade switches, acommercially available item having ten fixed contacts and one movableselector contact or wiper engageable with any one of the ten contacts.Inasmuch as the feed will be expressed as a distance for the tool slideto be moved for each revolution of the spindle, preferably using an inchas the unit of distance measurement and keeping in mind as a practicalmatter that a cutting tool is not likely to move relative to a workpiecemore than one inch per revolution, the feed is selected as a decimalpart to three places of an inch per revolution of the spindle.

The means for deriving such a feed command signal are diagrammaticallyillustrated in FIG. 3, wherein feed control 32 is depicted as threemanually settable decade switches 37, 38 and 39 each of which has tenfixed contacts, severally numbered to 9 successively, and a selectorContact designated 37s, 38s and 39s, respectively. All of thecorrespondingly numbered fixed contacts are connected together byconductors or lines 40-49, respectively.

Any suitable means may be employed for providing a ten-stage voltagegradient having ten connections at equal voltage drop incrementsincluding means for generating the voltage applied across the gradientproportional to the velocity of spindle 11. As preferred andillustrated, a tachometer 50 driven by spindle 11, through suitablegearing 25 shown in FIG. 1, provides a convenient means of providing adirect current voltage E applied via output conductor or line 51 to oneend of a gradient conductor or line 52. The other end of this line 52 isshown connected to ground, as is also tachometer 50. Ten similarresistors, each represented by the numeral 53, are shown as arranged inseries in gradient 52 which is also shown as having ten intermediateconnections, represented by the numerals 0 to 9.

These connections 0 to 9 are shown as connected to lines 40-49 severallyby conductors or lines 60-69, respectively. In this manner lines 60-69and 40-49 provide circuit means connecting each of connections 0 to 9 ingradient line 52 to the corresponding ones of the fixed contacts 0 to 9of switches 37-39.

Parallel summing circuit means are provided and shown as including asumming line 70, branch lines 71-73 severally for the switches 37-39,respectively, and a resistor in each such branch line. Branch line 71has resistor R therein and connects selector contact 375 to line 70;branch line 72 has resistor R therein and connects selector contact 38sto line 70; and branch line 73 has resistor 100R; therein and connectsselector contact 39s to line 70. Thus all branch lines 71-73 connecttheir respective selector contact in parallel to the summing line 70. Itis pointed out that the ohmic values of the various resistors in branchlines 71-73 is such that the value of resistor 10R; is ten times that ofresistor R and the value of resistor 100R, is one hundred times that ofresistor R For example, if ten volts are impressed across voltagegradient line 52 as the output of tachometer 50, the voltage will dropin equal one volt increments successively across resistors 53 so thatline 69 carries nine volts, line 68 eight volts, and so on, with line 60carrying zero volt. Each of the selector contacts of switches 37-39 canconnect to any level of the voltage gradient, zero through nine volts inthe example being given, but because the resistors R 10R and 100R varyby a factor of ten the outputs of branch lines 71-73 will be in tenths,hundredths and thousandths of the selected voltage level. Thus branchline 71 can have an output from .0 to .9 volt, branch line 72 from .00to .09 volt, and branch line 73 from .000 to .009 volt. Line 70 sumsthese outputs so that it can transmit a feed command signal in the rangeof from .0 to .999 volt, any specific value of which is selected bymanually setting selector contacts 373, 38s and 39s. As shown in FIG. 3,the feed command signal is set for .826 volt, this representing a feedor movement of the associated tool slide as a predetermined number ofinches per revolution of the spindle 11. Regardless of any variation inthe rotational velocity of spindle 11 the velocity of the associatedtool slide will remain proportional for the selected feed command.

As used herein, position is a command for the servoactuator 18 to move amember, such as one of tool slides 12-14, to a predetermined position.In the illustration being presented, manually settable feed finalposition control 34 is a part of means for selectively determining thefeed final position command signal and comprises a plurality of decadeswitches, similar to those previously considered. Position is adistance, preferably measured in inches, and can be selected as adimension including units and a decimal part of a unit to three places.

The means for deriving such a position command signal, specifically afeed final position command signal, are diagrammatically illustrated inFIG. 2 wherein feed final position control 34 is depicted as fourmanually settable decade switches 76-79 each of which has ten fixedcontacts, severally numbered 0 to 9 successively, and a selector contactdesignated 76s, 77s, 78s and 79s, respectively. All of thecorrespondingly numbered fixed contacts are connected together byconductors or lines 80-89, respectively.

While any suitable means may be employed for providing a ten-stagevoltage gradient having ten connections at equal voltage dropincrements, it is preferred to impress an alternating current voltage Eacross 2. reference transformer represented generally by the numeral 90.This transformer is shown as including a gradient conductor or line 91having in series therein ten similar coils 92 and ten intermediateconnections or taps represented by the numerals 0 to 9. Voltage E isapplied via conductor or line 93 to one end of gradient line 91 theother end of which is shown as connected to ground. The connections ortaps 0 to 9 are shown as connected to lines 80-89 severally byconductors or lines 100-109, respectively. In this manner lines 100-109and 80-89 provide circuit means connecting each of transformer taps 0 to9 in gradient line 91 to the corresponding ones of the fixed contacts 0to 9 of switches 76-79.

Parallel summing circuit means are provided and shown as including asumming line 95, branch lines 96- 99 severally for the switches 76-79,respectively, and a resistor in each such branch line. Branch line 96has resistor R therein and connects selector contact 76s to line branchline 97 has resistor 10R therein and connects selector contact 77s toline 95; branch line 98 has resistor 100R therein and connects selectorcontact 78s to line 95; and branch line 99 has resistor 1000R thereinand connects selector contact 79s to line 95. Thus all branch lines96-99 connect their respective selector contact in parallel to thesumming line 95. It is pointed out that the ohmic values of the variousresistors in branch lines 96-99 is such that the value of resistor R isten times that of resistor R the value of resistor 100R is one hundredtimes that of resistor R and the value of resistor 1000R is one thousandtimes that of resistor R For example, if ten volts as E are impressedacross voltage gradient line 91, the voltage will drop in equal one voltincrements successively across coils 92 so that line 109 carries ninevolts, line 108 eight volts, and so on, with line 100 carrying zerovolt. Each of the selector contacts of switches 76-79 can connect to anylevel of the voltage gradient, zero through nine volts in the examplebeing given, but because the resistors R 10R 100R and 1000R vary by afactor of ten the outputs of branch lines 96-99 will be in units,tenths, hundredths and thousandths of the selected voltage level. Thusbranch line 96 can have an output from 0 to 9 volts, branch line 97 from.0 to .9 volt, branch line 98 from .00 to .09 volt, and branch line 99from .000 to .009 volt. 'Line 95 collects these outputs and transmitsthe sum as a position command sign-a1 in the range of from 0 to 9.999volts, any specific value of which is selected by manually settingselector contacts 76s, 77s, 78s and 79s. As shown in FIG. 2, theposition command signal is set for 3.415 volts, this representing aposition of the associated tool slide as a predetermined number ofinches.

Referring to FIG. 4, relay means represented generally by the numeral110 are shown as including first and second fixed contacts 111 and 112,a third and movable contact or armature 113, and a coil 114. A conductorline 115 connects position command signal input line 95 to contact 111and is shown as including in series a summing point 116 and suitabledemodulating means 117 for converting the position command signal froman AC to a DC signal. Feed command line 70 is shown as leading and beingconnected to contact 112. A conductor or line 119 connects movablecontact 113 to servoactuator input line 22 and is shown as including inseries a summing point 120 and suitable amplifier means 121.

Suitable linear velocity transducer means 122 are shown as operativelyassociated with piston rod 21 of servoactuator 18 and arranged totransmit a feedback signal via a feedback conductor or line 123 tosumming point 120. This transducer 122 generates a feedback signalresponsive to the linear velocity of piston rod 21 and hence the toolslide associated therewith. When relay 110 is deenergized so that itsmovable contact 113 engages fixed contact 112, as illustrated in FIG. 4,the elements 120, 119, 121, 22, 18, 122 and 123 provide a closed loop sothat when receiving a feed command signal via input line 70 theservoactuator 18 is operated in a closed loop velocity mode. Thevelocity error signal transmitted via line 119 is the algebraic sum ofthe feed command signal put in the velocity closed loop via input line70', and the velocity feedback signal fed back via feedback line 123.

Suitable position transducer means 124 are also shown as operativelyassociated with piston rod 21 0f servoactuator 18 and arranged totransmit a feedback signal via a feedback conductor or line 125 tosumming point 116. This transducer 124 generates a feedback signalresponsive to the position of piston rod 21 and hence the tool slideassociated therewith. When movable relay contact 113 engages fixedcontact 111, as not illustrated in FIG. 4, the elements 116, 115, 117,111, 113, 1192121, 22, 18, 124 and 125 provide a closed loop so thatwhen receiving a position command signal via input line 95 theservoactuator 18 is operated in a closed loop positioning mode. Theposition error signal transmitted via line 115 is the algebraic sum ofthe position command signal put in the position closed loop via inputline 95 and the position feedback signal fed back via feedback line 125.

Suitable means are provided for holding movable relay contact 113 inengagement with fixed relay contact 112 so long as the weighted value ofthe position error signal in line 115 exceeds the velocity or feedcommand signal in line 70 and is arranged to actuate relay for movingcontact 113 into engagement with the other fixed relay contact 111 whenthe aforesaid weighted value of the position error signal becomes equalto or less than the velocity command signal, whereby operation ofservoactuator 18 is transferred from a closed loop velocity mode to aclosed loop positioning mode.

While such means may be variously constructed they are shown in FIG. 4as comprising suitable operational amplifier means 128 having a plusinput terminal 129 and a minus input terminal 130. A branch conductor orline 131 having a resistor 132 therein is shown as connecting positionerror signal line to terminal 129, while another branch conductor orline 133- having a resistor 134 therein connects feed command signalline 70 to terminal 130. An output conductor or line 135 having arectifier 136 therein of any suitable type such as a diode is shown asconnecting amplifier 128 to one end of relay coil 114, the other endthereof being connected to ground. The ratio of the resistors 132 and134 one to another provides the appropriate weight to the position errorsignal received through branch line 131 in relation to and forcomparison in amplifier 128 with the feed command signal receivedthrough branch line 133. Rectifier 136 operates to pass a current forenergization of relay coil 114 only if the weighted value of theposition error signal exceeds the value of the feed command signal. Whenrelay 110 is thus energized its movable contact 113 moves fromengagement with fixed contact 111, representing the deenergizedcondition of the relay, to engagement with the other fixed contact 112.It will be appreciated that while servoactuator 18 is operating in aclosed loop velocity mode to move piston rod 21 the tool slide beingmoved thereby is approaching the preselected final position causing theposition feedback signal to increase thereby reducing the magnitude ofthe position error signal in lines 115 and 131. When the weighted valueof this position error signal drops to the level of the feed commandsignal, coil 114 is deenergized and relay 110 operated to transfer theoperation of servoactuator from a closed loop velocity mode to a closedloop positioning mode. It is to be understood that the feed commandsignal deriving means establishes a voltage in summing line 70 which isso calibrated as to produce a tool slide feed expressed as that part ofan inch of movement per revolution of spindle 11 corresponding to theparticular setting of the dials in feed control 32. Likewise, theposition command signal deriving means establishes a voltage in summingline 95 which is so calibrated as to produce a movement of the toolslide to a position expressed as a selected number of inches of travelcorresponding to the particular setting of the dials in feed control 34.

Thus the amplifier 128, rectifier 136 and associated relay coil 114provide a null detecetor for switching contact 113 alternately betweencontacts 112 and 111 under the conditions described, keeping in mindthat contact 113 is biased as a practical matter, for example by springmeans (not shown), toward the relay deenergized condition in whichcontact 111 is engaged. This switching between modes of operation issimply, economically and ac curately achieved without drift.

Employing an alternating current voltage in the means for deriving aposition command signal enables a transformer to be used to provide astiff voltage whereby the effects of widely varying loads on theconnections between the'switch contacts is avoided. This allows thederivation of accurate position command signals within a small errortolerance. In the case of the means for deriving a feed command signal,a direct current voltage can be impressed 7 across voltage gradient line52 by loading the associated circuits inasmuch as a greater error can betolerated in connection with feed command than with position command,and this avoids providing demodulating means if an alternating currentvoltage were used.

Each of the various decade switches 37-39 and 76-79 preferably is of thetype wherein its selector contact is moved by a dial having ten stationson its periphery severally numbered to correspond to its to 9 fixedcontacts. The dials in a particular switch group, such as the threeswitches 37-39 constituting feed control 32 or the four switches 76-79constituting feed final position control 34, are arranged adjacent oneanother with their edges exposed for manipulation and their numberedstations viewable.

OPERATION Before machining operations are to commence, an operatormanipulates the various controls 32-36 in control console 23 to providethe desired movements of the various tool slides 12-14. For purposes ofillustrating the essence of the present invention as claimed, theoperator dials in the feed command for the desired one of tool slides12-14 in control 32 in the appropriate one of the rows 29-31 and alsodials in the feed final position command for such slide in control 34 inthe same row. This derives feed and position command signals by thecircuitry shown in FIGS. 3 and 2, respectively. These signals arerelated through the circuitry shown in FIG. 4. Such derivation of thefeed and position command signals enables means, not shown becauseforming no part of the present invention, to commence the cycle ofoperation after a workpiece is positioned in chuck 15. Feed will occurat the preseleted rate until the tool slide reaches the feed finalposition. Other means, again not shown because no part of the presentinvention, stop the tool slide and return it to its starting position.

A new workpiece can be substituted for the one just machined and thecycle repeated, or before starting machining operations new commands canbe dialed in to perform a different machining cycle.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the embodiment illustratedachieves the objects and advantages stated. And variations may occurtothose skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What is claimed is:

1. In apparatus having a movable member moved by a servoactuator whichresponds to electrical intelligence, wherein the improvement comprisesmeans for deriving a command signal for said servoactuator includingmeans for providing a ten-stage voltage gradient having ten connectionsat equal voltage drop increments, a plurality of manually settabledecade switch means each including a selector contact movable relativeto and engageable with ten contacts, circuit means connecting each ofsaid ten connections to the corresponding ones of said ten contacts,parallel summing circuit means including a summing line, a branch linefor each of said switch means and connecting its said selector contactto said summing line and a resistor in each such branch line, the ohmicvalues of such various resistors varying by a factor of ten, additionalcircuit means associated with said summing line and leading to saidservoactuator and including a summing point, and transduucer meansresponsive to the output of said member and arranged to transmit afeedback signal to said summing point.

2. The improvement as defined in claim 1 wherein said signal is aposition command signal, and said transducer means is responsive to theposition of said member.

3. The improvement as defined in claim 2 wherein said voltage gradientproviding means is a transformer on which an alternating current voltageis impressed and said connections are ten taps on said transformer.

4. The improvement as defined in claim 1 wherein said signal is a feedcommand signal, and said transducer means is responsive to the velocityof said member.

5. In apparatus having a first movable member and a second movablemember to be moved with respect to said first member by a servoactuator,wherein the improvement comprises means for deriving a feed commandsignal for said servoactuator to move said second member at a velocityhaving a selective finite ratio to the veloctiy of said first memberincluding means for providing a tenstage voltage gradient having tenconnections at equal voltage drop increments and also including meansfor generating the voltage applied across said gradient proportional tothe velocity of said first member, a plurality of manually settabledecade switch means each including a selector contact movable relativeto and engageable with ten contacts, circuit means connecting each ofsaid ten connections to the corresponding ones of said ten contacts, andparallel summing circuit means including a summing line, a branch linefor each of said switch means and connecting its said selector contactin parallel to said summing line and a resistor in each such branchline, the ohmic values of such various resistors varying by a factor often; additional circuit means associated with said summing line andleading to said servoactuator and including a summing point; andvelocity transducer means responsive to the velocity of said secondmember and arranged to transmit a feedback signal to said summing point,whereby said second member is caused to move at a velocity proportionalto the velocity of said first member for any selected feed command.

6. The improvement as defined in claim 5 wherein said first member isrotatively driven and said second member is translationally movable withrespect to said first member, the feed command signal is to move saidsecond member at a linear velocity having a selective finite ratio tothe rotational velocity of said first member, and said generating meansgenerates a voltage proportional to the rotational velocity of saidfirst member, whereby said second member is caused to move at a linearvelocity proportional to the rotational, velocity of said first memberfor any selected feed command.

7. In apparatus having a movable member moved by a servoactuator from afirst position to a second position at a predetermined velocity, meansfor producing a position error signal and means for producing a velocitycommand signal, wherein the improvement comprises means providing firstand second contacts and a third contact movable alternately between saidfirst and second contacts, said first contact being operativelyassociated with said position error signal, said second contact beingoperatively associated with said velocity command signal, said thirdcontact being operatively associated with said servoactuator, and meansfor holding said third contact in engagement with said second contact solong as the weighted value of said position error signal exceeds saidvelocity command signal and also for moving said third contact to saidfirst contact when said weighted value of said position error signalbecomes equal to or less than said velocity command signal, whereby saidservoactuator is operated either in a velocity mode or in a positioningmode.

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